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...better opportunity to obtain a more comprehensive knowledge of the great nations of the ancient world than that which Harvard students now enjoy, has rarely been afforded to the students of any college. The lectures by Prof. Lanciani on Roman Archaeology, the present course by Prof. Frothingham on Assyrian Archaeology, and the proposed lectures of Mr. Charles Waldstein on Greek Archaeology, form a connected whole, and cover a field where interesting facts presented in an interesting manner are rarely to be found. These lectures present a vivid future of ancient life, which both classical students and others may readily understand...
...Assyrian Art. Third Lecture. Professor Arthur L. Frothingham of Princeton College. Upper Boylston...
...assured. The school already has four professors, two in Art proper, one in free-hand drawing and one in Archaeology. It is al ready rich in collections, possessing the "Sheldon Jackson collection of North American antiquities," the "Van Sennep collection of Greek terra cotta heads," the Maimon collection of Assyrian gems. Many examples of Mexican and Peruvian pottery and other collections of minor importance. In addition the Trumbull-Prime collection of pottery and porcelain, of New York, is awaiting its reception in the new art building. Lately, it has added much material to its collections of photo graphs, books, slides...
Last evening Prof. Frothingham lectured before a large audience on Assyrian Literature. He said that in spite of the fact that a very large number of the Assyrian writings had been lost, a great mass still exists. An idea of its quantity can be had from the fact that an index to the existing literature, published in Munich, was an octavo volume of four hundred pages...
...into three classes, Religious, Scientific and Historical. The first class consists of epic poems, hymns, prayers and incantations; the second of books of astronomy, mathematics, medicine, grammar, etc.; the third of law documents, lists of magistrates, records of the dynasties, etc. Dr. Frothingham dwelt on the Mythology of the Assyrians, comparing it with the Mythology of Greece. He read several interesting extracts from poems and historical accounts. He will devote the next lecture solely to Assyrian and Babylonian...